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1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fabricated Framerail Support Bracket

 
 
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fabricated Framerail Support Bracket
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fabricated Framerail Support Bracket
10 Visible in this photo after we turned the framerail over (as if you were looking up under the car), is a strange patch someone made. By forming a steel support around the rusted framerail, and then using carriage bolts to retain the support to the trunk floor, the patch somehow worked, but considering the time involved spent completing it, a new rail could have been installed. You can see the heads of these bolts in photo 5. View Related Article
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Rear Framerails 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Quarter Panel 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Poor Patch Job 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Overlapped Panels 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Trunk Dropoff Panel 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Inner Bumper Support 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Unbolting Rear Shackle
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Cutting Trunk Floor And Framerail 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Cutting The Rear Of The Trunk Floor 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Bad Section Of Framerail 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fabricated Framerail Support Bracket 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Grinding Away Seam Sealer 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Old Paint And Rust 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Removing Undercoat To Expose Spot Welds
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Drilling Out Spot Welds 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Separating Trunk Corner Reinforcement 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Separating Remaining Trunk Floor Sections 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Measuring Old Section Of Framerail 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Measuring New Section Of Framerail 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Adding 3 Inches For Reinforcement 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fitting New Framerail Section
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Welding New Framerail Into Place 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Finishing The Framerail Weld 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Finished Framerail Replacement 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Prepping Framerail For Trunk Floor Installation 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Fitting Trunk Floor Dropoff 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Punching Holes For Spot Welding 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Welding Trunk Floor
1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Welding Inner Wheelhouse 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Grinding Welds 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Aligning Trunk Floor And Gas Tank 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Finished Welds 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop Restoration Drilling Holes In Trunk Floor Dropoff
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